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Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor (97 Edition)
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Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor (97 Edition)
by Leonardo Boff

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"Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor" represents Leonardo Boff's most systematic effort to date to link the spirit of liberation theology with the urgent challenge of ecology. Focusing on the threatened Amazon of his native Brazil, Boff traces the ties...
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Bulldozer in the Countryside : Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism (01 Edition)
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Bulldozer in the Countryside : Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism (01 Edition)
by Adam Ward Rome

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First scholarly history of efforts to reduce the environmental costs of US suburban development....
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Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff
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Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff
by Arthur M Okun

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In this revised and expanded version of the Godkin Lectures presented at the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University in the early seventies, Arthur M. Okun explores the conflicts that arise when society's desire to reduce inequality impairs economic...
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Marriages and Families :  Making Choices in a Diverse Society (9TH 06 - Old Edition)
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Marriages and Families : Making Choices in a Diverse Society (9TH 06 - Old Edition)
by Mary Ann Lamanna

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The number one seller in the market, this mainstream marriage and family text combines a balanced scholarly and applied approach with a unique theme, "making choices in a diverse society" The text achieves an excellent balance between the sociological...
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American Project : Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto (00 Edition)
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American Project : Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto (00 Edition)
by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

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High-rise public housing developments were signature features of the post-World War II city. A hopeful experiment in providing temporary, inexpensive housing for all Americans, the "projects" soon became synonymous with the black urban poor, with...
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Sociology Exploring the Architecture 7TH Edition
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Sociology Exploring the Architecture 7TH Edition
by David M Newman

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Excellence and Innovation for Teaching Introductory Sociology I am a sociology teacher first and foremost. So I set out to write a book that is as helpful to the craft of teaching sociology as possible. You will not find a gargantuan summary of every...
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Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century
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Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century
by Mark Dowie

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A recent history replete with compromise and capitulation has pushed a once promising and effective political movement to the brink of irrelevance.So states Mark Dowie in this provocative critique of the mainstream American environmental movement. Dowie,...
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Biomedicine and Alternative Healing Systems in America : Issues of Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (01 Edition)
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Biomedicine and Alternative Healing Systems in America : Issues of Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (01 Edition)
by Hans A. Baer

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Examining medical pluralism in the United States from the Revolutionary War period through the end of the twentieth century, Hans Baer brings together in one convenient reference a vast array of information on healing systems as diverse as Christian...
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Sociology Matters (2ND 06 - Old Edition)
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Sociology Matters (2ND 06 - Old Edition)
by Richard T. Schaefer

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This is a low-cost, paperback, condensed version of Sociology: A Brief Introduction, Sixth Edition. The conciseness, readability, and highly focused coverage of Sociology Matters are designed to appeal to instructors who rely on several texts rather than...
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East To America (96 Edition)
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East To America (96 Edition)
by Elaine H. Kim

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In more than 30 powerful, candid interviews, individuals from New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles render a portrait of the Korean-American community grappling with racial tensions, class and gender differences, and differing notions of...
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Economic Apartheid in America-updated (Rev 05 Edition)
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Economic Apartheid in America-updated (Rev 05 Edition)
by Chuck Collins

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This updated edition of the widely touted Economic Apartheid in America looks at the causes and manifestations of wealth disparities in the United States, including tax policy in light of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and recent corporate scandals...
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Ain't No Makin It: Aspirations & Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
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Ain't No Makin It: Aspirations & Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
by Jay Macleod

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With the original 1987 publication of Ain't No Makin' It Jay MacLeod brought us to the Clarendon Heights housing project where we met the "Brothers" and "Hallway Hangers." Their story of poverty, race, and defeatism moved readers and challenged ethnic...
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Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics (89 Edition)
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Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics (89 Edition)
by Nancy L. Stokey

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This rigorous but brilliantly lucid book presents a self-contained treatment of modern economic dynamics. Stokey, Lucas, and Prescott develop the basic methods of recursive analysis and illustrate the many areas where they can usefully be applied. After...
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Context : Reader (08 Edition)
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Context : Reader (08 Edition)
by Jeff Goodwin

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The Contexts Reader collects over sixty of the best articles from the award-winning magazine Contexts in one affordable anthology. Recognized by Library Journal as one of the "Top 10 Best New Magazines of 2002," Contexts magazine is highly regarded for...
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Organization Theory : Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives (2ND 06 Edition)
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Organization Theory : Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives (2ND 06 Edition)
by Mary Jo Hatch

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Second edition with numerous figures and tables to help explain theories....
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Conjoint Family Therapy (3RD 83 Edition)
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Conjoint Family Therapy (3RD 83 Edition)
by Virginia M. Satir

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Third edition of this classic on family therapy. The introduction calls it "a conceptual frame around which to organize your data and your impressions . . . a suggested path."...
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At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst
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At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst
by Carol Flinders

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In At the Root of This Longing, Flinders identifies the four key points at which the paths of spirituality and feminism seem to collide – vowing silence vs. finding voice, relinquishing ego vs. establishing ‘ self’ , resisting desire vs...
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Utopia: A Revised Translation, Backgrounds, Criticism (Norton Critical Edition)
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Utopia: A Revised Translation, Backgrounds, Criticism (Norton Critical Edition)
by Thomas More

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This edition has been revised with new annotations, including a criticism section which contains essays and selections from two modern Utopias - Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and B.F. Skinner's "Walden Two" - plus extracts from Edward Bellamy's...
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Practice of Everyday Life (84 Edition)
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Practice of Everyday Life (84 Edition)
by Michel Decerteau

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Social Order of the Slum (68 Edition)
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Social Order of the Slum (68 Edition)
by Gerald D. Suttles

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While he did the research for this book, Gerald Suttles lived for almost three years in the high-delinquency area around Hull House on Chicago's New West Side. He came to know it intimately and was welcomed by its residents, who are Italian, Mexican...
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